Rolling Cannabis Politics Thread

whoa...

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-dept-allows-indian-tribes-to-grow-and-sell-pot-on-tribal-land/

Not sure how impactful this law change will be, seems to have flown under the radar:

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/12/cromnibus_pot_laws_washington_has_quietly_become_much_more_pro_pot_that.html

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/12/nebraska-and-oklahoma-sue-overturn-legal-weed-colorado?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Motherjones%2Fmojoblog+%28MotherJones.com+|+MoJoBlog%29

Nebraska and Oklahoma Sue to Overturn Legal Weed in Colorado

seems unlikely to happen though. more at andrew sullivan: http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/12/19/a-legal-threat-to-legalization/ where various opinions are summarizing

also i want to start a thread that is made of photos of dank buds and plants and weed shops that accompany every cannabis politics story ever published

http://wp.streetwise.co/wp-content/uploads//2014/10/marijuana.jpg

yes please

do it

has anyone checked out the leafly app btw? fucking looooool in so many ways but it was so easy to use and helpful

lot of this stuff is seeming the the last gasp from the prohibitionist. dudes are getting desperate

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/03/03/nypd-commissioner-blames-marijuana-for-increase-in-shootings

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/dea-agent-warns-utah-lawmakers-fearless-stoned-rabbits-article-1.2135339

and the lawsuits against states that have legalized

but according to this latest poll A majority favors marijuana legalization for first time, according to nation’s most authoritative survey

wtf is Bratton even talking about? that shit makes zero sense

no real stoner has the energy to go out and shoot somebody

won't someone think of the bunnies

lol very desperate, the stoned rabbits is obviously very loony but the nypd commissioner is more shameful imo, fuckin ridiculous

aaaaaaaaaaand there are still no medical dispensaries opened in massachusetts, nearly 2 1/2 years after medical cannabis was legalized by voters

starting to think there is a small chance that 2016 will come and voters in MA will vote for full recreational weed before medical becomes available here

aaaaaaaaaaand there are still no medical dispensaries opened in massachusetts, nearly 2 1/2 years after medical cannabis was legalized by voters

― marcos

why?

licensing, inspection, and various permit delays from the state, which doesn't seem to have a huge interest in getting this going b/c it is content to rake in millions of dollars in dispensary application fees

that's p stupid, they're missing out on a lot of tax revenue. that shit keeps Oakland solvent!

yeah, kinda silly. there's a lot of dispensaries where i live (vancouver, bc) and it's not even legal!

it's all silly
it's silly how in some states you can walk into a freaking store and buy OG purple super kush kief-dabs-shatter and the next state over you get arrested for a joint .

yea, i wonder how soon there will be a federal reclassification of the drug. probably not until say 20 states or so (at least) have legalized it

My town has a store literally named Mary Jane's Pot Shop where you can buy anything from $5 .3 gm pre-packed bowls to $216 vacuum-sealed ounces with grower's brand names while over the border six miles east any amount at all can get you a year in prison and all of the store employees would be subject to a five year felony.

Since it opened it's been funny to randomly smell weed when out and about. It's rare to NOT smell it when I walk through the student neighborhood but now there's like the old man down the street who seems to smoke in his garage a lot, which I like to think explains his crazy Christmas lights.

yeah the weirdest is full legal states right next door to arrest-and-possibly-kill-with-swat-teams states but the western us is p insane generally i guess.

it's just a phase we're going through. not the insane part, but the legal next to SWAT team part.

It's even more insane cause mine is the liberal nanny state that tells you how to live your life and the neighbors are the hardcore libertarian / get government out of everything in the name of FREEDOM folks.

weed is a threat to freedom

haha yeah, that is rich xp

this situation is just begging for a Smokey and the Bandit re-boot where they try to smuggle weed across state lines

would watch

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/03/09/in-a-first-senators-plan-to-introduce-federal-medical-marijuana-bill/

about fucking time!

Rand Paul, Cory Booker and Kristen Gillibrand is a hell of a superteam but whatever gets it done

Great news

live stream here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTPi5lpXqOE

aw they carer

I don't see this passing a Republican congress tho th

tbh

nice

Honestly, don't know what to expect, it's not a strictly partisan issue. I think it may be a longshot, but I could also imagine the votes being cobbled together by a mix of democrats and republicans.

xpost

well they're not gonna tax gas

i don't count on congress to do basically anything positive for the most part so i have my doubts about this but at least it is a start.

http://www.alternet.org/drugs/march-marijuana-mania-5-states-moving-legalization

State pushes forward to legalize marijuana (MA)

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/03/22/lawmakers-mull-marijuana-legalization/golTlLjcXUbSjuBqHyFmaN/story.html

State pushes forward to legalize marijuana

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DAVID L. RYAN/GLOBE STAFF/FILE

Some legislators would rather write the proposed law themselves rather than have activists do it, allowing for lots of public input and final say.
By Joshua MillerGlobe Staff March 23, 2015

Beacon Hill legislators are working on a marijuana legalization proposal, in part as an effort to short-circuit an expected 2016 ballot push.

Advocates have long planned an initiative petition to legalize the recreational use of the drug for adults, and political analysts have expected that measure to pass in the next presidential election year.

But some lawmakers are balking at the prospect of activists unilaterally writing a law that would have such a profound effect on the state. The legislators would rather write the proposed law themselves, allow for lots of public input, and have final say on the scope and details.

“Wouldn’t it be a good idea for the Legislature to look at it ahead of time, listen to every point of view, anticipate every problem that we could, and try to do it right?” said Senator Patricia D. Jehlen, Democrat of Somerville and a lead sponsor of a bill to legalize, tax, and regulate recreational use of marijuana.

woops sorry for all that junk in the c&p

anyways i fully expect any legislative effort in MA to basically amount to a few years of bullshit wrangling and posturing, after which i'd be shocked if a bill was actually created

despite the medical cannabis bullshit here i still think a 2016 ballot initiative would be better

Choom Gang veteran:

"It shouldn't be young people's biggest priority. Let's put it in perspective. Young people, I understand this is important to you. But you should be thinking about climate change, the economy, jobs, war and peace. Maybe way at the bottom you should be thinking about marijuana."

http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-critique-young-people-want-legal-marijuana-100000746.html

Elsewhere, Chrischrischristie says he would not legalize w33d in NJ for the tax revenue bcz "that's BLOOD MONEY."

imho a position favoring legalization might very well be arrived at by someone thinking about the economy, jobs, and peace